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Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.

Don’t let this go by unnoticed

In other words, it’s Friday, I’m off to MAL, I‘m In deep shit poll-wise, and I’d like to get this off my desk so I can enjoy a weekend of omelet bars, golf, and maybe a $1M/plate fundraiser. We’ll call it Operation Exit Ramp.

Trump announced today that he was going to keep housing prices up, sued the US taxpayers for $10B, threatened Canada, made a few dozen posts about how he won in 2020, posted about prosecuting Obama for treason, then went to a movie about his wife that Bezos spent $75 million on.

The thing is, some people can make mistakes, get things wrong, be careless, etc. But that’s not what Jennings did here. Jennings knowingly, purposefully and intentionally lied to utterly distort what was said, which CNN pays him to do every day. CNN is the enabler of this.

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody." "We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

Mamdani is asked about Trump’s comment last night that he’s better looking than him: “My focus is on the cost of living crisis.”

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants. Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

I am proud to be born a Muslim. I am proud to be born in Somalia. I am proud to have become an American. None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet. Drink some water and touch grass.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Do Fox News hosts and commentators agree with their colleague Brian Kilmeade that the United States should "just kill" homeless people? He still has a job. No apology. No retraction. Just let us know, Fox.

Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should not be allowed to trade stocks. Ban insider trading now.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

It's my birthday, which is the one day of the year I get to be selfish. The nicest thing you could do is check out my art, maybe even leave a reply. I'm firmly in old man territory now but I'll keep doing art as long as I'm allowed.

5 years ago today we lost an important voice. If you never had a chance to hear it ….The Michael Brooks Show youtube.com/@themichaelb... via @YouTube

Nothing to see here… #epstein #epsteinlist #vjaybomb

Axios just reported that Bongino took a DAY OFF from work today over his frustration with the Epstein files debacle. It’s worth revisiting this clip where Bongino complained about how hard work was.

Fascism. Call it what it is.

"We've had our primary. And the people have spoken."

How does Trump top this Bad America destroying bill next year? Big Beautiful Purge Act. Gacked up Stars and Stripes tactical cosplay psychos hunting black and brown people in the streets. #Merica 2026

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I really struck a nerve here. I stand by what I said.

CNN's chief data analyst says the takeaway of Mamdani's win is that "Democrats right now are out for blood — they want to take out their party leaders." "Democrats who say they want to replace their party leaders, 62% nationally say yes, compared to just 24% who say no."

Zohran Mamdani says, "For too long, politicians have pretended that we're spectators to that crisis of affordability. We're actually actors, and we have the choice to exacerbate it, like mayor Adams has done, or to respond to it and resolve it, like I'm planning to do."

CNN: Do you like capitalism? ZOHRAN MAMDANI: No. I have many critiques of capitalism. In the words of Dr. King decades ago, he said, 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism; there must be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children in this country.'

A 33-year-old Democratic Socialist will become the next mayor of NYC and the worst, most corrupt people in the USA are losing their minds. God loves to see it.

Zohran Mamdani: "My friends, we have done it."

HAPPY ZOHRAN NIGHT TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Zohran’s results so far just show how tired Americans are of the status quo, how we need creative, people-first campaigning and governance, and why positive, progressive politics are the future. Hate to get ahead of myself before results are called but I’m so freakin happy right now.

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Sending thoughts and prayers tonight to Matt Yglesias, Jonathan Chait, Ritchie Torres, Charlie Kirk, Libs of TikTok, and many more.

raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible

Tomorrow is ours if we want it. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again

It’s the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change: – ignore warnings of experts – buy into bullshit "alternative explanations" - read "don't worry" media op-eds – deny it will really be that bad – start seeing major evidence – hope somebody does something

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this